nixos-anywhere
Shares rank 14 of 19 deployment tools by recommenders
Recommended for installing NixOS on VPS and cloud machines, with people using it weekly.
Recommended for installing NixOS on VPS and cloud machines, with people using it weekly.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Installs NixOS on VPS and cloud machines
“very useful for VPS/cloud machines”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “NixOS is making me less afraid” “For cloud stuff, nixos-anywhere.”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 in “Finnix” Common way to install NixOS
“In fact, it is a common practice to use the latter to install NixOS on new machines.”
Comment from 4 Feb 2026 in “Coding Agent VMs on NixOS with Microvm.nix” Used weekly by recommenders
“I use nixos-anywhere on an almost weekly basis”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “curl > /dev/sda: How I made a Linux distro that runs wget | dd”
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The four most recommended other deployment tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 19 deployment tools, rankedWhat people said
4 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“very useful for VPS/cloud machines”
“I use nixos-anywhere on an almost weekly basis”
“In fact, it is a common practice to use the latter to install NixOS on new machines.”
“For cloud stuff, nixos-anywhere.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.